Evan Lau & Rayenda Khresna Brahmana 
Economics and Finance Readings [PDF ebook] 
Selected Papers from Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance, 2022

Research on the Impact of Consumer Innovation on Purchase Intention 0f New Energy Vehicles — Regulated Intermediary Effect1.- Tax and Fee Cuts, Investment in Innovation, and High-Quality Development of Equipment Manufacturing Enterprises.- Digital Renminbi: Impacts on Economic Integration of the Greater Bay Area.- Proposition of Development and Growth Through Economic Development Index.- Need for Economic Remedies with the Increase in Product Liability Cases in 21st Century.- A European Study on Financial Risk Attitude and Cognitive Decline in Ageing Societies.- Tax and Non-tax Policies Towards the Finance of Sustainable Economy: The Mediating Role of Eco-innovation.- Impact of Tobacco Consumption on Food and Non-Food Households Consumption Patterns: The Case of Indonesia.- The South Korean Export Benchmark: Validity of the Export-led Growth Hypothesis.- Measuring Financial Inclusion in Indonesia: Asserting the Role of Digital Financial Services.- The Use of Mobile Technologies for Shopping During the Pre-Covid-19 Pandemic Versus Covid-19 Pandemic Time; a Gender-Based Quantitative Study.

Evan Lau serves as the Associate Professor and Head of Strategic in the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS). He was the Deputy Dean for Research and Postgraduate at the Faculty of Economics and Business from 2016 – 2017 and the Director of the Centre for Business, Economics and Finance Forecasting (BEFfore), UNIMAS from 2013 – 2016. He holds editorial positions in numerous international journals. He was at the Faculty of Economics at Cambridge from October 2013 – April 2014 as a visiting scholar. He was appointed as the Visiting Professor in Universitas Sebelas Maret from June – July 2019 and with Universitas Hayam Wuruk from February 2021 – August 2021. He was selected for the World Class Professor (WCP) program by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Indonesia, twice in 2020 and 2021. He was appointed the Visiting Research Fellowship (VRF) for the Central Bank of Malaysia in May 2021 for a year. Evan speaks at numerous international conferences in countries like Indonesia, UAE, Sri Lanka, Italy, India, Phillippines and Malaysia. Besides, he is also an active academic workshop instructor. He provides lectures, consultations and supervision to students and receives positive evaluations from both undergraduates and postgraduates. He often shares his life story and research findings in class. Today, his journal articles publications stand at 106, and he has 90 research papers published as chapters in books, conference proceedings, working papers, newsletters and newspaper articles. His excellence in research has brought him several award-winning awards, including the Young Researcher Award in UNIMAS, the Excellent Service Award, research medals from Research Expos, best papers, and Highest-Impact Journal Paper Award. To date, he has 83 postgraduate students under his supervision. He has examined 63 postgraduate theses and 142 undergraduate research projects. As an active researcher, he has been awarded a total of 28 research grants. He was listed among the Top 9% of economists in Malaysia since 2008 and the Top 10% in Asia since 2012 by the Research Papers in Economics (Re PEc) database. He is among the highly cited authors in UNIMAS. Apart from the academic journey, he joined several running events and enjoyed travelling around the world. 
Rayenda Khresna Brahmana, Ph.D., is currently attached to the College of Business Administration, University of Bahrain. He also serves Biga Alpha.id as a senior advisor. Brahmana has an MSc in Investment from the University of Birmingham and a Ph.D. in Behavioral Finance from Universiti Sains Malaysia. He has published in reputable journals such as Business Strategy and the Environment, International Journal of Finance and Economics, Research in International Business and Finance, Global Finance Journal, Journal of Strategy and Management, Management Research Review, and Economics Bulletin. His research area is behavioral corporate finance, behavioral finance, and corporate strategy.Lee Ming Tan is the founder of East Asia Research and he obtained his Master of Applied Finance from the University of Adelaide. He is deeply interested in how humans function and react with each other. An insight into how people’s minds think and how they work together is invaluable in just about every field. Outside of work, Anthony Tan enjoys outdoor activities and occasional computer games.